Ben Elim

Pronunciation: ben eh-LEEM

Who He Is

Ben Elim, the Seer, is the one through whom the Melchizedek and Moses volumes come forth — “as seen by Ben Elim the Seer through Urim,” with scribes recording as he sees and speaks. His instructions from the Lord began in 1997, and at the close of the Melchizedek record he wrote that he had labored twenty-four years in the task, signing it “Ben Elim, the Seer, March 2021” (Melchizedek, pp. 5, 11; Melchizedek 12:145; Moses, p. 11).

His Calling

Before he was born, his mother, a quiet and meek Gentile woman, vowed to give her child to the Lord. The Lord named the little son Rephael at his birth, because he would bring healing to Israel; at four years old, Goker Harim; and at fourteen, after he fasted and prayed forty days, Ben Elim. He then made a vow with the Lord: in the course of time he would bring the Law to Israel, and the Lord would bring Israel to the Law, the two of them working together as brothers (Moses 17:36–44).

The Meaning of His Name

The Lord named him in person, with His own voice, their hands together upon a majestic cedar tree, and told him he was a brother to the trees, “which is said Ben Elim” (Strong’s #1121 and #362, from #352, “trees”). He gave him this name because he would be one who is mighty and strong, cast down upon the earth by the hand, standing before holy altars with the elements of righteousness to intervene on the Lord’s behalf, and one who would petition the Elim of the heights to be the Lord’s helpers (Moses 17:42, 52).

The Herald Achee Saw

Achee was shown a child born in the midst of war and wickedness, “not given a righteous name upon his birth,” whom the Lord called “One who loves me.” He would be the herald who declares to Zion “Your God reigns,” who comforts those who mourn in Zion and interprets the Law — the one to whom Achee’s sealed writings would come in the days of tribulations. And the Lord called the herald Goker Harim III (I Achee 12:59–61). His words open the Book of Achee, and he is named “a brother to the Elim of the Heights” (Achee, p. 33; I Achee 12:90).

The Dead Sea Scrolls’ Melchizedek text (11Q13) reads Isaiah 52:7 in the same way: a messenger “who says to Zion: Your God reigns,” sent “to comfort all who mourn in Zion.” (Source: Vermes, The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English, rev. ed. 2004, pp. 532–533)

His Task

With Ebedel and Shem standing by, Motsah came to instruct him, and Ebedel told him he would see the foundations of Shabuwa through the eyes of the Council of Heaven itself. The Lord told him that Melchizedek would establish Shabuwa among the Eerkodeshiy in his day, but in Ben Elim’s day his task would be to establish Shabuwa among the righteous peoples of the earth, wherever they are found, in tumultuous times: “But do not fear, because I am able to lead my people in those days” (Melchizedek 8:2–5, 8:14–15).

His Ministry

He reestablished Shabuwa with only the Spirit to guide him, as prophesied by Elijah, and performed it for forty years. He brought forth by Urim the Book of Remembrance, as foretold by Malachi, to restore the Original Torah of the Law and the Testimony. He reestablished the Alliance of Heaven, and called forth that the Lord’s arm be made bare before the eyes of all nations. At the Lord’s direction he asked Anokeesed to view His creation and decide what He would do with it, and the Father set about to judge the nations. He joined with the righteous to reestablish the division of the earth as it was in the days of Enoch, accomplished in twenty-two days. He reestablished the Covenant of Abraham by the Spirit only, before he knew by Urim what it was, and every three and a half years he threw down the element of righteousness to request that the seals, vials, and trumps be opened (Moses 17:53–63). The Lord gave him a white stone to set in the place designated from the foundation of the world, and wrote the new name of the Father — Anokeesed, “I am lovingkindness” — in the stone and upon his heart (Moses 17:64).

The Fourth Flame

The last of the four flames is brought forth by four men: Ben Elim, Goker Harim IV, the prophet Asaph, and Elisheba (Moses 7:7). Each of the last three flames was lit by a woman who gave a son to Anokeesed (Moses 17:37). Among the Gentiles charged with the vision of true Israel, the Lord preserved a remnant “who were led by Ben Elim” (Moses 17:50). The righteous in community with him have called forth the Arm of the Lord, and they are called sons of Zadok (Moses 17:68, note 330). The treasure of the righteous in Zion is the Tablet of Gabriel, the Urim of Ben Elim, and the Tablet of the Holy City (Moses 17:86).

How the Moses Volume Came

When the Lord asked for a Book of Remembrance of Moses, Ben Elim answered that he could not do it without a source — “I cannot just look to see what I may” — and he would never look with the Urim because someone other than the Lord asked him to. When the Spirit asked him to look, a tablet appeared before his eyes; he drew it in every detail and cut it in red pipestone (Moses, pp. 11–12).

In the Handbook

The Handbook records a vision, taken down by the scribes, in which he asked to see Judas through the eyes of the Lord (p. 611).

His Humility Before the Work

He is comforted by Motsah when he fears, and reassured that the Lord is able to lead His people in these days. Asked to look with Urim at what the Lord said to Moses on Sinai, he said he was not worthy: “Sinai is the home office.” After finishing the Melchizedek record, his guardian angel came to him and held him “as if to say, ‘well done little son'” (Melchizedek, p. 11; Moses, p. 11).

Also Known As

Ben Elim is Rephael and Goker Harim III, twenty-second in the order of the 24 High Priest Communities and “brother to Trees.” His words open the Book of Achee.

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